Bristol-born street artist Inkie started placing up street art in the 1980s, and he has worked with many big brands and regularly paints in Bristol and is a firm favourite in the town and often painting for Upfest. The artist uses an illustrative style with text and bold colours. When I was in Bristol this summer, I captured a few of his murals; a few of them are located in Bedminster with others more central. The first one was painted on Tobacco Factory in 2023 for Upfest and is a collaboration with Silent Hobo, who created the illustrations of characters.
The mural supports local community and the environment and is titled "Planet Local". Below is detail of Silent Hobo's work in the mural, and Inkie created the text.
Another Upfest mural was painted in 2018 featuring previous famous resident and engineer Brunel.
A lot of Inkie's work contains illustration as well, and this is normally a female with long hair. The next few murals use the same imagery.
The below mural was painted in 2022.
More street art by Inkie on this blog can be seen in the following links:
Inkie in Worcester
Inkie Street Art in Camden
Leicester Street Art
Worcester Big Parade Elephant Trail
Bristol Street Art Round-up 2018
Bristol Upfest 2018
Minerva's Owls Sculpture Trail in Bath
Street Art Tour of Birmingham
Bristol Upfest 2015
Whitecross Street Party 2014
British Phone Boxes BTArtbox
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